The Boys Season 5 finale to break a major tradition, Eric Kripke explains 

After six years and four wildly successful seasons, Prime Video's raunchy superhero series is coming to an end with The Boys Season 5. And while fans expected the finale to get the full movie-length treatment like so many shows before it, that's not happening here. Showrunner Eric Kripke confirmed that the series finale won't be "super-sized" at all. Instead, it'll be around an hour and five minutes, maybe hitting an hour and six at most, matching the standard runtime of the rest of the season.

Speaking to Collider, Kripke said,

“It’s not. It’s like an hour and five [minutes]. We’re not doing that huge, super-sized 90-minute thing. I don’t know if we would have had… I think the audience might have ended up getting bored had we gone that long. But no, we’re like an hour five, an hour six max, I think? But yeah, they’re all jack-packed, these episodes.”

It's actually become pretty standard for popular shows to stretch out their finales. Stranger Things nearly doubled its episode length for the finale, and even Peaky Blinders added almost 30 minutes to say goodbye. But Kripke isn't buying into that formula, instead, he's keeping things tight and punchy for The Boys Season 5.

The decision makes sense for a show like The Boys, which thrives on pacing and intensity. Every episode in this final season is already being hyped as explosive. Star Karl Urban has promised that nobody's safe from the get-go, with shocking deaths starting right from episode one. All we have to do now is wait.

More details about The Boys Season 5

The Boys Season 5 was being planned since day one, as per Erik Kripke and from evetything we know, the vibe is full apocalyptic. The official synopsis for the final season, which drops on April 8, reads,

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“In the fifth and final season of The Boys, it’s Homelander’s world, completely subjected to his erratic, egomaniacal whims. Hughie, Mother’s Milk, and Frenchie are imprisoned in a ‘Freedom Camp.’ Annie struggles to mount a resistance against the overwhelming Supe force. Kimiko is nowhere to be found. But when Butcher reappears, ready and willing to use a virus that will wipe all Supes off the map, he sets in motion a chain of events that will forever change the world and everyone in it.”

As for the cast list, everyone we love is coming back. Jensen Ackles is back as Soldier Boy in a major role and Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins are coming back too. From what we know, there's also a whole Supernatural reunion happening at some point with Seth Rogen's guest starring too. All in all, it'[s going to be quite the adventure for The Boys Season 5.

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